Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge Such as none other hath, when they are known, They are found shallow.
Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune.
A man who deals in fairness with his own, he can make manifest justice in the state.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.